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Cannes Review: Sprawling, Uneven Crime Saga 'Blood Ties' Falls Short Of Epic Scope
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- May 19, 2013 2:27 PM
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- 9 Comments
If there is any movie this year at Cannes that is absolutely brimming with promise on paper, it's Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties." With an extended cast featuring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Matthias Schoenaerts, Zoe Saldana, James Caan, Marion Cotillard, Noah Emmerich and Lili Taylor among others along with a script co-written by James Gray, one wonders how it could go wrong. And while "Blood Ties" isn't a disaster, it's certainly a mess, a sprawling crime saga that endeavours to evoke the great character-driven movies of the 1970s, but never quite lives up to its epic scope.
New Images Of Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Matthias Schoenaerts & More In Guillaume Canet's 'Blood Ties'
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- May 3, 2013 9:04 AM
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- 4 Comments
Cannes you feel it? (Ha ha, groan). We're less than two weeks from red carpets being rolled out on the Croisette and with the lineup now firmed, all we can do is wait for the movies to arrive. And until that moment when the lights dim and the reels or digital bits unspool, these new images from Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties" will hold it down.
Tribeca Film Plans Theatrical/VOD Release for Tony Kaye's 'Detachment'
- By Drew Taylor
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- September 8, 2011 7:40 AM
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- 1 Comment
'Black Water Transit' Still Never Coming Out
Leighton Meester, James Caan & Vanilla Ice Say 'I Hate You, Dad'
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- April 1, 2011 7:45 AM
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- 5 Comments
No, this is not an April Fool's Day gag. Vanilla Ice -- oh sorry, Robert Van Winkle -- is getting into the acting biz. Seriously. And just wait until you read the character he'll playing -- but we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
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